Hugh O'Conor

O'Conor was still a relative unknown pre-teen when he co-starred with Liam Neeson in the British-made feature "Lamb" (1985). O'Conor played the ten-year-old Owen, a lonely epileptic boy who is temporarily rescued from a violent and oppressive children's home by Brother Sebastian (Neeson). It was three years before the actor landed another major film role, that of the youthful version of the Martin Sheen's narrator (seen in flashbacks) in the 1988 film adaptation of Hugh Leonard's heartwarming Tony-winning play "Da".

His next film was his biggest hit to date, the Daniel Day Lewis tour de force "My Left Foot" (1989). Directed by Jim Sheridan, the film told the story of the severely handicapp... Continue Bio >>